Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
1980–1981
Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.
Released Sept. 21, 1962
Episode 29 min
None+
Genres: Family, Game Show, Talk
Keywords: tmdb.competition, tmdb.game-show, imdb.quiz-show, tmdb.university, tmdb.trivia, tmdb.academia, tmdb.quiz + 21 more, imdb.quiz-show-host, imdb.contestant, imdb.catchphrase, imdb.famous-opening-theme, imdb.partially-lost-tv-series, imdb.general-knowledge, imdb.random-question, imdb.intellect, imdb.high-iq, imdb.elimination-quiz, imdb.non-fiction, imdb.1960s, imdb.1970s, imdb.1980s, imdb.1990s, imdb.2000s, imdb.2010s, imdb.tournament, imdb.england, imdb.competition, imdb.intelligence
Production Companies: Lifted Entertainment, Granada Television
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S18E1 - Corpus Christi, Oxford v Aberystwyth
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Dec. 15, 1980, midnight
S18E2 - Aberystwyth v Magdalene, Cambridge
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Dec. 22, 1980, midnight
S18E3 - Special: Merton, Oxford students v Merton, Oxford dons
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Dec. 29, 1980, midnight
S18E4 - Aberystwyth v Bedford, London
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Jan. 5, 1981, midnight
S18E5 - Oriel, Oxford v St John's, Cambridge
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Jan. 12, 1981, midnight
S18E6 - St John's, Cambridge v Exeter
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Jan. 19, 1981, midnight
S18E7 - St John's, Cambridge v St Anne's, Oxford
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Jan. 26, 1981, midnight
S18E8 - Queen's, Belfast v Warwick
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Feb. 2, 1981, midnight
S18E9 - Queen's, Belfast v Selwyn, Cambridge
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Feb. 9, 1981, midnight
S18E10 - Pembroke, Oxford v Kent
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Feb. 16, 1981, midnight
S18E11 - Pembroke, Oxford v Surrey
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Feb. 23, 1981, midnight
S18E12 - Pembroke, Oxford v Clare, Cambridge
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March 2, 1981, midnight
S18E13 - Clare, Cambridge v Bristol
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March 9, 1981, midnight
S18E14 - Bristol v Leicester
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March 16, 1981, midnight
S18E15 - Leicester v St John's, Oxford
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March 23, 1981, midnight
S18E16 - Leicester v Girton, Cambridge
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March 30, 1981, midnight
S18E17 - Girton, Cambridge v Royal Holloway, London
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April 6, 1981, midnight
S18E18 - Girton, Cambridge v Bradford
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April 13, 1981, midnight
S18E19 - Keble, Oxford v Leicester
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April 20, 1981, midnight
S18E20 - Keble, Oxford v LSE
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April 27, 1981, midnight
S18E21 - Keble, Oxford v Christ's, Cambridge
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May 4, 1981, midnight
S18E22 - Christ's, Cambridge v Edinburgh
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May 11, 1981, midnight
S18E23 - Edinburgh v Mansfield, Oxford
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May 18, 1981, midnight
S18E24 - Edinburgh v University, Swansea
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May 25, 1981, midnight
S18E25 - Peterhouse, Cambridge v Bristol
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June 1, 1981, midnight
S18E26 - Peterhouse, Cambridge v St David's, Lampeter
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June 8, 1981, midnight
S18E27 - St David's, Lampeter v Jesus, Oxford
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June 15, 1981, midnight
S18E28 - St David's, Lampeter v Trinity, Dublin
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June 22, 1981, midnight
S18E29 - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford v Southampton
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June 29, 1981, midnight
S18E30 - Southampton v Stirling
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July 6, 1981, midnight
S18E31 - Stirling v Corpus Christi, Cambridge
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July 13, 1981, midnight
S18E32 - Corpus Christi, Cambridge v UEA
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July 20, 1981, midnight
S18E33 - Episode 33
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Oct. 26, 1981, midnight
S18E34 - Girton, Cambridge v Queen's, Belfast
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Nov. 2, 1981, midnight
S18E35 - St John's, Cambridge v Edinburgh
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Nov. 9, 1981, midnight
S18E36 - Queen's, Belfast v St David's, Lampeter
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Nov. 16, 1981, midnight
S18E37 - Final – Edinburgh v Queen's, Belfast
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Nov. 23, 1981, midnight
S18E38 - Final – Edinburgh v Queen's, Belfast
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Nov. 30, 1981, midnight
S18E39 - Final – Edinburgh v Queen's, Belfast
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Dec. 7, 1981, midnight
S18E40 - Special: Queen's, Belfast students v Queen's, Belfast dons
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Jan. 4, 1982, midnight
ITV1
29 min/ep
58957 min
Sept. 21, 1962
Jan. 12, 2026, midnight
Jan. 19, 2026, midnight
Returning Series
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